The season in review

when this blog was started back in July it was mainly for my own benefit, as a way to record my thoughts  and focus the mind. I had no idea how popular it would prove to be, regularly receiving over a thousand hits per day. It has led to the formation of a Facebook group, Transfer Hub that has turned into a thriving community. There are now hundreds of knowledgable members learning from one another, in a very friendly environment.

My season

  As you can see, the pre season objective of a top thousand position has been achieved. Everything went much according to plan. The start was better than usual, there was only one week in the entire season where rank fell out of the top 10,000. Although this looks impressive, im not entirely happy with how the season has gone, much of my good rank is due to a high captains score. If captains didn’t receive double points my rank would have ben much lower. However it does illustrate the point i have been making all season, not to take risks with the captaincy. Only twice did i pick a captain that wasnt top on top of the captains poll. Once was Rooney and the other Downing. Looking at these stats i am very surprised how often i captained Rooney, i had forgotten his contribution. He did a great job for the team.

Captains

Transfers

38 transfers made this season, with only four hits throughout the season. Wherever possible i saved up the two frees, this had the benefit of helping to avoid hits whenever a minor injury crisis occurred.

Many were surprised i used my wildcard in Gameweek three, even though i was already well in the top 10k. The decision was justified , giving momentum and team value up until christmas, where team value was around 108m. The christmas wildcard also went well, as rank continued to hover in the top couple of thousand.

Wherever possible i tried to buy proven fantasy assets and avoid punts. They look great when they pay off, but have a habit of clogging up the team with rubbish. If you buy quality you can afford to be patient with them , reducing number of transfers needed

Players

Not a single player remained in my team from start to finish. Clyne was probably the closest. I timed his departure well as he failed to pick up any meaningful points after i removed him. Of those that played over 10 games for my team the biggest surprise looking at this is how low Silva is on the list. For some reason i felt he had done much better. An average of 6 per game is still very respectable.

Good early season performances from Rooney and Di Maria, before Austin ,Kane , Aguero and Hazard took over the main points gathering. Sanchez was so so, i missed much of his earlier points scoring, and considering his very high price i consider his returns fairly mediocre.

At the bottom Begovic stands out 9 games for only 21 points, terrible returns from a keeper who had good fixtures

Players ranked by points per game

History

This seasons result of finishing in 592 spot is around average over the past five seasons. The fourth finish in the top 1000 . Comfortably beating last seasons finish of 1739.

Summary

Hopefully this blog has proved beneficial to readers. I believe it shows that this game isnt particularly complicated. It is possible to finish highly most seasons simply bey playing sensibly. Those who follow this blog will realise i have had no particular luck this season, and fell into the same traps as many others. It boils down to the following

• Pick captains from the top of the poll
• Buy proven fantasy assets and be patient with them
• Keep hits to a minimum
• wherever possible build up two free transfers
• Stick to the correct team structure (see menu)
• be very careful removing any players that are not injured (they can hurt)
• dont be afraid to use the wildcard early on, a good start is important

Hall of fame

The hall of fame at Fantasy scout has been updated, looks like i have moved up into second spot, however it will be difficult to overtake the current leader. Only hope is if those poor scores from 2008 2009 drop off and cease to count